Fastening device for legs of tables and chairs.



Patented Aug. 10, 1909.

J. PHELPS.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 15, 1909.

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UNITED STATES PATEN OFFICE.

JOHN PHELPS, OF SHELBYVILLE, ILLINOIS.

FASTENING DEVICE FOR LEGS OF TABLES AND CHAIRS.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN PI-IELPs, a citizen of the United States,residing at Shelbyville, in the county of Shelby and State of Illinois,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fastening Devicesfor Legs of Tables and Chairs, of which the following is aspecification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

My invention relates to improvements in fastening devices for legs oftables and chairs, the main object of my invention, being the provisionof a device which is made from a single blank of metal, and providedwith means whereby the leg of the table or chair is provided with asocketed fastening, the blank being made of malleable metal, so that thesame can be readily bent to fit any desired size of leg, and be providedwith means whereby the socket is held at the proper adjustment upon theleg and be also rigidly secured to the chair or table.

l have found by experience, that my device renders the attachment oflegs to tables or chairs more easy, and where the wood has been split,it provides a socket for the reception of the leg, not necessitating there boring of a hole in the table or chair to receive the leg.

To clearly showthe same, and its advantages, attention is invited to theaccompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a plan view of the cutblank. Fig. 2 is a similar view with the lugs bent up. Fig. 3 is aperspective view of the device in place the leg and body of a chair ortable being shown in dotted lines.

Referring to the drawings :The numeral 1 designates the blank, which ispreferably formed of malleable metal, and is cut as shown in Fig. 1, tohave the terminals 2, which are each provided with the elongated slots3, and with the series of lugs 4, each of which is provided with thescrew receiving opening or eye 5. Through the body of the blank, andapproximately opposite these openings Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 15, 1909.

5, are screw receiving openings 6,

Patented Aug. 10, 1909.

Serial No. 489,995.

which when the blank is bent to form the collar, sleeve or socket 7, asshown in Fig. 3, receive screws which enter the leg (1, and thus securethe leg in the socket. As shown in Figs. 2 and 3, the lugs 4, are bentoutward at right angles to the blank, and when in position they bearupon the underside of the chair or table body I), and are securedthereto by means of screws, as clearly shown in Fig. 3. In order toallow for various sized legs, the terminals 2 are overlapped, as shownin Fig. 3, thus bringing the slots 3 into alinement, so that a screw 8,may enter both slots and the leg, and thus clamp the terminals togetherand to the leg, and thus provide an adjustable fastening socket forchalr and table legs.

What I claim, as new is 1. A device of this character made from a singlestrip of malleable metal so as to be bent around and encircle entirelythe upper end of the leg of a chair or table, and having lugs formedequidistantly upon one edge of the strip and bent outwardly atrightangles from the body of the strip, as and for the purpose setforth.

2. A device of this character, made from a single strip of malleablemetal and provided with a series of openings in the body thereof, andelongated openings near the terminals thereof, and a series of lugsformed on one edge and bent at right angles to the body of the strip,said lugs each being provided with an opening, said strip being bent toencircle the upper end of a leg, screws passing through the openings ofthe strip and into the leg to secure the strip to the leg, and screwspassing through the openings of the lugs and into the chair or tablefrom the underside to secure the leg and strip to the underside of thechair or table.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN PHELPS. Witnesses:

EUGENE STRETCH, Gno. F. MYERS, Jr.

